Part of my BLOGCEMBER 2013 series- the Theme is Electronic Music *** As always, let’s set the mood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrdkk6dGOc (various artists) *** Anthony Collins isn’t one of my first choices…
I went down to Timmies to pick up a Double double for my coworker who is on the Pogey so they couldn’t afford it. While I was there I bought…
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This past two weeks I have never waited longer than ten minutes for a taxi. No, I don’t call six cab companies at once. No, I don’t have the personal…
This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down our countries archaic laws on prostitution. Predictably, the Con$ who report to PMSH are wagging their fingers at the Supreme Court:…
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With the Supreme Court striking down Canada’s prostitution laws, they have forced the issue into the public sphere. Within a year, Parliament has to decide to pass new laws regarding…
Tweet This year was a tumultuous time in Alberta politics. What does 2015 have in store for Albertans? December 20, 2014 Story by: Dirk Pranter, Edmonton Journal-Sun Building the next…
Some breaking news occurred yesterday, the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board approved the Enbridge pipeline, but with 209 conditions. To quote a teenager from 1994: “Big whoop.”…
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve landed my first full-time librarian gig! It’s a temporary position, for six months, in the “Readers’ Den” Department of the Mississauga Central…
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In the year 2025… Activist #1: “We need to talk about voting reform. It’s the only way we can stop the Cons from destroying (what’s left of) the country.” Activist…
… and a happy new year to you, too!
When I think of the mega corporations I’m reminded of Popes. Usually they just get on your nerves but, every now and then, you might get a Pope Francis. Every…
Stats Can has released Canada’s crime statistics for 2012 and the country continues to look increasingly like the peaceable kingdom. Crime overall continued the decline it began in 1992, with…
The Long-Suffering Sarah and I decided to make the best of a class in high school with which neither of us was particularly enamoured. It wasn’t even so much that…
Well, every year here at ACR it is a tradition that a Christmas song gets subverted. (The inspiration is usually the news.) Why should this year be any different? pale…
Uganda has passed its Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. A Parliamentary spokesperson, Helen Kawesa, has confirmed it. The bill now goes to Ugandan President Yowari Museveni, for a signature. Museveni previously said…
Earlier this year I lost a good friend to heart disease. Lou didn’t just keel over out of the blue. His was a steady, 18-month decline. He went downhill slowly…
Thank you to everyone who has taken a stand with OpenMedia and the BC Civil Liberties Association against warrantless spying against Canadian citizens. Learn more about our efforts at https://OpenMedia.ca/CSEC…
